Attached to 3rd Brigade, District of Corinth, 17th Army Corps, Dept.

3rd Brigade, District of Corinth, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863.

3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Army Corps, to August, 1865.

Defense of Jackson, Tenn., and pursuit of Forrest December 18, 1862, to January 3, 1863.

Great Bear Creek and Cherokee Station April 17.

Guard duty at Reynolds Station and along railroad until January 21, 1864, and at Pulaski until March 12.

Reconnaissance and skirmishes on Gave Springs Road October 12–13.

Occupation of Goldsboro March 24 Advance on Raleigh April 9–13.

A total of 1064 men served in the 39th Iowa at one time or another during its existence.

[1] It suffered 6 officers and 58 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officers and 134 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 200 fatalities.